Jimmy, créature de rêve
Twenty-five years after its creation, Jimmy, créature de rêve resurfaces as if the dream had never really left us.
This unclassifiable anthology piece of contemporary theater invites us into Marie Brassard’s metamorphic universe. Presented to sold-out crowds at Théâtre Prospero last September, Mois Multi welcomes this cult show exclusively to Quebec City!
In the 1950s, Jimmy, a gay hairdresser, comes into the world in the dream of a homophobic American general. It is in his barber shop in the heart of New York that he meets Mitchell, a soldier with whom he falls in love. Just as he is about to kiss the man he loves for the first time, the heart of the dreaming general stops beating. Jimmy remains suspended in that precise moment, filled with a feeling of pure pleasure. Fifty years later, time starts moving again and Jimmy comes back to life, but, to his great despair, he is trapped in the dreams of a Montreal actress who falls violently in love with him. In the actress’s baroque, erotic, and absurd dreams, his face and body are transformed, turning him into a strange creature of uncertain gender. His dearest desire is to break the logic of the dreams that hold him captive so that he can finally find his lost love.
In the 1950s, Jimmy, a gay hairdresser, comes into the world in the dream of a homophobic American general. It is in his barber shop in the heart of New York that he meets Mitchell, a soldier with whom he falls in love. Just as he is about to kiss the man he loves for the first time, the heart of the dreaming general stops beating. Jimmy remains suspended in that precise moment, filled with a feeling of pure pleasure. Fifty years later, time starts moving again and Jimmy comes back to life, but, to his great despair, he is trapped in the dreams of a Montreal actress who falls violently in love with him. In the actress’s baroque, erotic, and absurd dreams, his face and body are transformed, turning him into a strange creature of uncertain gender. His dearest desire is to break the logic of the dreams that hold him captive so that he can finally find his lost love.
Artists
Collaborators
Marie Brassard
Author
Marie Brassard
Stage design
Infrarouge
Producer
Festival de théâtre des Amériques
Producer